Brooke Kushwaha

Finding Their Way, Venezuelan Migrants Put Down New Island Roots

Six months ago, Eliud made an unplanned trip to Martha’s Vineyard. Now he’s here to stay — or at least he is hopeful about that.

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Black Lives Matter Group Looks to Continue Racial Justice Work

Members of the Martha’s Vineyard Black Lives Matter group spoke to a full house at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum Saturday, amid discussion about past and future racial justice work on Island.

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Edgartown Puts Forward New Plan for Norton Point

The Edgartown parks department has unveiled its draft beach management plan for the two-mile strip of shorefront at Norton Point.

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Edgartown Looks at Plans for New, Bigger Fire Station

In a select board meeting this week, fire chief Alex Schaeffer shared several renderings for a proposed new fire station building, which would include a new community training space and expanded parking.

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New Pastor for Federated Church Begins the Conversation

Rev. Mark Winters preached his first sermon Sunday as the newly settled pastor of the Federated Church of Martha's Vineyard. The sermon, titled Seeing Jesus Differently, reflected on the story of Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount.

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Edgartown Questions Trustees' Plan for Oversand Permits

Edgartown Conservation Commission members have raised concerns regarding the number of vehicles the Trustees’ allow on their trails and whether the organization would be able to secure sufficient staffing for the summer volume.

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Norton Point Gets Shored Up With Fresh Sand

On Feb. 13, the town of Edgartown, in partnership with Dukes County and the Trustees, commenced the second phase of restoring the dunes along Norton Point.

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New Season of Shed Probes More Conversations About Race

Going into the second season of Shed, a podcast about race produced by the Vineyard Gazette, host Eric Adams wishes more has changed.

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Aquinnah Ponders Adopting Stricter Green Building Standards

The town could also opt into a specialized code that would require all fossil-fuel-based heating systems to be wired for future electric use and have solar power capability.

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Town Begins Dredging in Edgartown Great Pond

In an ongoing battle with nature, dredging has begun again in Edgartown Great Pond as its salinity levels have hit a critical low.

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